Finally I Picked Up My Brush

Hi Everyone,
I've been playing "hookie" from my online painting class..BUT no longer! I took my ATG test and passed with 100%...YEAH ! ! ! ! (my little happy dance )
I completed Module A - lesson 1 - studying all pertinent supplies and completed test on same...
And yesterday I tackled Lesson 2A of Mod A. I finally picked up my brush and made my color wheel. We did this by studying how to mix a "value 5" background (grey) and studying how to mix our pigments so that we have a color palette that blends together.
We learned that there is no true red, blue, or yellow and that we also need to learn where each of the pigments lie on the pigment wheel ( a chemistry thing ) In doing so we can learn to pick the appropriate red pigment to mix with another pigment to come up with colors of our own choosing.
It depends on where the pigment lies on the pigment wheel as to what intensity that color will have...same for yellow and blue. This is an exciting study...it boggles the mind... after all these years, painting in all mediums...of just how much to truly to not know. This "Traditions" education study for me is an exciting adventure.

Thank you David Jansen and all the Heritage Artists who designed this wonderful journey!

This Daughter's Mother

Hi Everyone!
It's been awhile since last I wrote.... Hope everyone is doing well...We finally got over the flu...it lasted about two weeks...or at least the "drained" feeling lasted two weeks, the fever only a week.
Today I will share with you a picture I made of my mother a few years ago. It's all done in pencil and made by working in layer upon layer of graphite. It's call photo "realism". This picture is of my mother when she was about 18 months old. Today, she is 84. I really love this portrait of her. You can see a picture of her today on a previous blog called "65th Anniversary"

The Shot Didn't Work

FLU! Yes, that's right! I had my annual flu shot...everything is great. I've been well all winter long and here we are a month away from Spring and my husband brings the flu germ home. And him being such a sharing kind of guy... I got it! :o(
So far our son has been living upstairs away from us and he has not gotten it. YEAH! Right now I just don't think I could be to motherly if he was sick too. I sure hope none of you get this... Luckly it isn't the kind where you get up close and personal with the bathroom throne..... you just feel horrible... cough... cough... achey.. headaches.... sleepless nights... can't hold your head up... also noticed that food dosen't taste very good... :o) Other than that, I'm wonderful!
Well you take care! take you vitamins and drink your orange juice!

And here is my little friend... he is my own design that I made for my garden stone pathway. Isn't he a cutie!

Drips and Tickles

That's us around here...the "drips" and the "tickles". We are very puny here this weekend. Will's got the stuffy head and runny nose, I've got the runny nose and headache, and Tom has the full blown runny nose, tickley throat with cough, headache and 101.5 temperature......So not much to say tonight...maybe next time. Hope you are having a good one thougth! ! ! ! !
This painting is a Bob Ross style painting I did a couple of years ago.

Valentine Secret Pal

Hi Everyone!
I want to share with you two new painting projects I recently finished. They were for my "Secret Pal" in a painting forum I'm a member of.
One is a canvas frame and I used a design by Shara Reiner that was published in the Society of Decorative Painters magazine last March...It had a name like "Funky Flower Pot" or something like that. My secrest pal loves thimbles, so I added one to mine along with a needle and thread.
The other is a heart shaped dish painted with panseies and roses to put her Valentine Candy in.

Strawberry Dreams

Hi Guys!

Just got back from a PC party (Pampered Chef)...You really missed some good eats! It is alway great to be with good friends and have good food. Speaking of good food, I'm ready for spring and those wonderful strawberries....so in honor of strawberries I'm sharing a strawberry box that I designed for a custom order last year. Not a bad picture for a cell phone camera. Don't they look "sweet" enough to eat. It won't be long now....strawberry icecream..strawberry shortcake(homemade of course), strawberry freezer jelly...yum...yum

65th Anniversary

Hi to All
I still have not started my Van Aelst lesson yet, sooooo I can not share yet ;o) But I will soon.Today I'm sharing a portion or a scrapbook album that I made Saturday night for my parents 65th Wdding Anniversary. The book came out GREAT and we used it for the guest book. I hope you enjoy the pics.

Not Yet

I still have not started my Vanitas' Painting lesson, so I can't share it with you yet. I just haven't felt up to it for some reason. Hopefully, this will pass soon. This is Scrappy. He is our third and final bird of the family. His real name is Lil' Scrappy, my sons choosing. I call him Scrappy-doo :o)
Gotta luv 'em

YEAH! The Vanitas

Just recieved the first lesson video on how to start the Vanitas' painting. We also recieved written instructions....so as you can imagine, I've been pouring over all in information. Tomorrow I'll start my painting and keep a picture diary of each lesson and share it here. We will have one lesson per month and should finish in December. Sooooooooooooooooooooo Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! :o)
For now...I'll share a picture of another member of our family. You've met YoYo, Missy , and Sadie. This is Mr.Peepers (alia...Hannibal Lector.. if you get my drift)
< Grins > See ya soon!

All Most Time...

Saturday is the day we get to start our Vanitas Painting. Everyone is so excited. There are thousands all over the world that are participating in world wide web Art lesson. I'll try and post periodically the ongoing process of our painting. It is going to be a year long lesson to finish up in December.
For tonight I'll share another of my painting. It was designed by the Donna Dewberry goup, maybe even Donna herself. I don't know. It was a project piece to teach to students using the then new HD Paints by Plaid for the MOST program. It was supposedly OneStroke...but it was more like painting with tube acrylic. Enjoy!